There was a time when jailbreaking your iPhone meant that you were breaking the law. Prior to a ruling in July of 2010, it was, in fact, illegal to do such a thing. That ruling though, which was made by the United States government, dictated that jailbreaking an iPhone or rooting an Android device was [...]
Last week the iPhone 4S jailbreak finally arrived, and along with it, the ability to jailbreak the iPad 2. All of these A5 powered Apple devices can now be jailbroken to run all kinds of apps and tweaks Apple won’t allow. As soon as the iPhone 4S jailbreak tool was available I jailbroke my iPhone to share [...]
The iPhone 4S (and iPad 2) jailbreak finally launched last Friday and the team behind the jailbreak – called Absinthe, has released the official numbers in terms of how many downloads it received. According to a post from the Chronic Dev Team, over the last three days, Absinthe has been used to jailbreak around 953,232 devices [...]
If you want to take your iPhone 4S back to stock, there are a number of ways to unjailbreak the iPhone 4S, but this is the easiest and quickest way to restore your iPhone 4S. There are a number of reasons you might want to unjailbreak your iPhone 4S, but the most common reasons are [...]
To say Apple isn’t a fan of jailbroken iPhones an iPads is an understatement. Now that you can Jailbreak the iPhone 4S, may people are asking if Apple has cut off access to Siri on jailbroken iPhone 4S devices. While some apps take steps to prevent jailbroken iPhones from using their services, such as the Time [...]
The iPad 2 was first jailbroken back in July of 2011, but once the iOS 5 upgrade came out, there was no way to jailbreak the iPad 2 if you wanted all the exciting new iOS 5 features. Now, after months of work, there is an untethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak for the iPad 2. This [...]
So, you may have heard. The untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S (and the iPad 2), called Absinthe, has finally arrived courtesy of a “dream team” of hackers/developers. And if you own an iPhone 4S, you might be thinking about taking the plunge. We don’t blame you, but there are definitely some reasons why you [...]
The real iPhone 4S jailbreak has finally been released for the general public. The new iPhone 4S jailbreak works on all A5 devices, which means it is also an iPad 2 jailbreak. Just as we showed you how to jailbreak your iPhone 4, we are giving you a step by step walkthrough to jailbreak the [...]
After months of waiting and tons of hard work we should see the first iPhone 4S and iPad 2 jailbreak should be released today. Update: How To Jailbreak the iPhone 4S This morning we shared that the iPhone 4S jailbreak was, “ready to pop,” and now pod2g has shared that the new A5 jailbreak tool [...]
The dream team of iPhone hackers, including pod2g, The Chronic Dev Team and The iPhone Dev Team, have made significant progress and is almost ready to announce an iPhone 4S jailbreak release. The teams’ members have worked tirelessly to make the A5 jailbreak a reality. We’ve seen progress made this week with proof of an [...]
The iPhone 4S has been a target for iPhone hackers since before it was announced in October. Now, months later we are finally getting close to an iPhone 4S jailbreak. Yesterday we shared a video showing off the iPhone 4S untethered jailbreak running iOS 5.0.1. While none of the iPhone developers are sharing an iPhone 4S jailbreak [...]
The iPhone 4S Jailbreak work continues on a number of fronts, and one of the biggest players is an iPhone hacker named pod2g, who has been at the forefront of recent iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S jailbreaking efforts. pod2g played a big role in the release of an untethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak for the iPhone [...]
The latest iOS hardware will be joining their previous-generation counterparts with an untethered jailbreak option, which could be delivered as early as next week just when the Consumer Electronics Show is slated to start. The A5-powered iPhone 4S and iPad 2 will be joining the iPhone 4 and iPad 1 when this happens, which will [...]
Developers are now making it easy for users of previous-generation jailbroken iPhones to join in on the popular voice personal assistant Siri, a feature that has so far only been available to iPhone 4S owners. Jailbroken devices can now head on to the Cydia app store (jailbreak required) to download the Spire app developed by [...]
The iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPad now have an untethered iS 5.0.1 jailbreak available for download. The new untethered Jailbreak works on the Apple A4 powered devices, but there is still no iPhone 4S jailbreak available. This new jailbreak is available as a simple update for those who are already jailbroken on iOS 5.0.1, but want [...]
Hot on the news of untethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak success on the iPod touch 3G, we can share major progress on an iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for many other devices. iPhone hacker pod2g has been toiling away at the first real jailbreak for iOS 5 and iOS 5.0.1. Read: How to Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 for iPhone 4, iPhone [...]
iPhone jailbreakers are on a roll this month, announcing further progress on an untethered jailbreak for the iOS 5.0.1. Last week I shared the progress on an untethered iOS 5 jailbreak for the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad and iPod Touch models, but there was still no jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1. Now, @pod2g, of the [...]
By now, you’ve probably heard of H1Siri, a hack that allows you to put Siri on your jailbroken iPhone 4. This is exciting news for users who want access to the much-lauded personal assistant app found exclusively on the iPhone 4. But, like many things, this is too good to be true. The H1Siri hack [...]
One of the biggest reasons I want to jailbreak the iPhone 4S is to have access to SBSettings, a small app that makes it easy to change the most accessed iPhone settings. While I am still waiting for an iPhone 4S Jailbreak, I have found a cool trick that lets you create shortcuts to over [...]
The iPhone 4S has been available for a month, and we are still waiting for a proper jailbreak. You might want to know why so many of us are excited for an iPhone 4S jailbreak, so I have rounded up 18 reasons to jailbreak the iPhone 4S. I’ve already shared 5 reasons I am excited, [...]
Apple has never taken kindly to iPhone jailbreaking, so it should come as no surprise that they quickly pulled an app that misled users into thinking they were purchasing the ability to jailbreak their iPhone 4S and iPad 2. The Jailbreak app by RiliSoft was a cleverly crafted $9.99 app that had a crafty screenshot and description [...]
The iPhone 4S jailbreak is on the way, and while many of us are excited about the ability to customize and do more with the iPhone 4S, there are a number of reasons you shouldn’t jailbreak your new iPhone. Jailbreaking refers to unlocking areas of your iPhone that Apple has locked down, so that you can customize the experience, [...]
The iPhone 4s has proven to be a very popular phone, and like the iPhone 4, many users are looking forward to jailbreaking it. This has led to a number of sites selling what they claim is an iPhone 4S jailbreak. There are a few problems wrong with these claims, and it’s worth warning our readers that [...]
If you have updated to your iDevice to Apple’s latest software update, iOS 5.0.1, and want to jailbreak your device, you have come to the right place. We’re here to help and we’re going to take you through the process, step by step. The recent iOS 5 update fixes bugs associated with loss of battery [...]
The iPhone 4S jailbreak may be closer than ever thanks to a new security hole discovered in iOS 5 this week, but if you want to get the iPhone 4S jailbreak on day one you better keep reading. UPDATE: Upgrade to iOS 5.0.1 to Jailbreak The iPhone 4S Jailbreak has been completed by hackers, but isn’t yet [...]
If you have switched from Android to iPhone, you may be missing the familiar Android autocorrect bar. The iPhone 4S does a good job of picking the right word even with multiple misspellings, but this bar is a handy way to pick the second most likely word, which is the one you really want. The [...]
Early versions of the iOS 5 beta had surfaced over the summer showing that Apple had been working on tweaking the camera software to enable seamless panoramic photo capture, but that feature had disappeared on the final release of the software and on the iPhone 4S. Now, jailbreakers have uncovered a way to enable to [...]
The iPhone 4S has finally been jailbroken. The news comes today via @MuscleNerd, a well respected iPhone hacker, who has been hard at work on an iPhone 4S Jailbreak. While iOS 5 has been jailbroken since it was released, the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2 use Apple’s new A5 processor, which has prevented us from jailbreaking [...]
As soon as the iPhone 4S was announced, I started hearing the question, “When will there be an iPhone 4S jailbreak?” Forgetting the fact that the first rule of iPhone jailbreaking is to never ask when, we’ve been doing our best to follow the jailbreaking efforts of iOS 5 and the iPhone 4S. iOS 5 is [...]
We still don’t have an iPhone 5 release date, but we do have news about the possibility of an iPhone 5 jailbreak within days of the iPhone 5′s launch. The news comes after iPhone hackers discovered 5, yes 5, exploits in the Apple A5 processor used in the Apple iPad 2 and expected inside the [...]
Jailbreaking your iDevice means that you add a small program that allows you to tweak and customize your it a little bit more. There are 2 main pros with doing this: 1. Theming (You can customize icons, lockscreen, etc.) and 2. tweaking your idevice (customize your cpu, adding flash, etc.). Theming is mostly done with [...]
After AT&T had announced that it would be sending out notices to iPhone owners and taking action against those who are now illegally tethering without an approved plan–in the interest of fairness, as the carrier claims–it appears that long-time rival carrier Verizon Wireless will also be doing the same and joining AT&T on its quest [...]
AT&T has confirmed to BGR that it will soon start taking away unlimited data access to those on grandfathered data plans using jailbroken iPhones or devices that take advantage of unauthorized tethering or mobile hotspot applications. So, if you don’t currently have an official tethering plan with AT&T, you might want to start thinking about [...]
We told you yesterday about how the Facebook for iPad app was leaked via hidden code inside the Facebook for iPhone app. Today (as the folks at iDownloadBlog tell us) anyone with a jailbroken iPad can transform the Facebook for iPhone app into the unreleased iPad version. There was a previous (more complicated method) that [...]
It seems like it was just last week that Apple released iOS 4.3.4, which patched the exploit that allowed the iPad 2 (and all other iOS devices) to be jailbroken. Actually, it was just last week. Well, Apple wasted no time issuing another update, this one bringing it up to 4.3.5 for most devices. The [...]
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